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Pillar of the Community
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This is the note that started this whole collecting area for me, an Irish lass:   From Allied Irish Banks in Belfast Northern Ireland. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Lady Lavery graced Republic of Ireland notes for almost 50 years:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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These allegorical females graced Bank of Ireland notes beginning in the 1880's on up to the current day:   |
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France of course likes attractive ladies:  Marianne, allegorical personification of France  And Minerve:   |
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The Cook Islands $3 note, very famous for a reason:   |
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Cyprus:   A note with a short span of circulation, soon to be replaced with the Euro |
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The Central European country of Czechoslovakia figures prominently here, the land of Petra Nemcova and Paulina Porizkova:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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One of the loveliest notes from Czechoslovakia:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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This note is one of my personal favourites, designed by Alfonse Mucha, a well known Moravian artist:   The girl on the reverse is his daughter, Jaroslava. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This note is an unissued remainder from 1946:   Very similar to an unissued note from 1938 which was stopped because of the German occupation. This particular note was stopped from being issued by the communists because of the Phrygian cap the lady was wearing, symbolic of freedom. Edited by Scottishmoney
07/24/2007 5:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This note doesn't scan well:   1.000 Koruna 1945 So here she is in a high res scan:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A promotional note from the Czech republic with A. Mucha and allegorical females from some of his art:   Edited by Scottishmoney
07/24/2007 5:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Bohemia Moravia was a German puppet state in Czechoslovakia from 1939-45, this is a 1 Korun note, notice the similarity to the earlier Czech notes:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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This 5 Korun from Bohemia Moravia has a portrait on the reverse stunningly similar to then Princess Elizabeth of England:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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And the 10 Korun has a young rural girl on it:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Some notes have attractive women from works of art:  A work of art, Three Graces by Thorvaldsen.  |
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Posted 07/24/2007 4:56 pm
